
What&amp;#8217;s really striking, if we look at the chart, is that the poverty rate in America was steadily declining. But then, once President Lyndon Johnson started a &amp;#8220;War on Poverty,&amp;#8221; that progress came to a halt. The trend clearly shows that no call for a &amp;#8220;war on poverty&amp;#8221; was required.
The so-called War on Poverty has undermined economic progress by trapping people in lives of dependency.
The federal government, which shouldn&amp;#8217;t have any role in the field of income redistribution, has squandered trillions of dollars on dozens of means-tested programs. And they&amp;#8217;ve arguably made matters worse [for the poor].

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Why the War on Poverty Failed
How Government Creates Poverty as We Know It
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The Shortcomings of Government Charity
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